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Charlotte, North Carolina, July 17, 2017—Global anilox roll supplier Harper Corporation of America recently hosted a training seminar at their DePere, WI manufacturing facility specifically aimed at educating printers on the different measurement methods for verifying volume on anilox rolls. According to Alan Rogers, Vice President of Sales, these types of educational workshops are important because there is not a standardized measurement system in the Flexo industry. Many customers are investing in scopes to verify their anilox volumes and are unaware of the volume differences between common scopes available in today's market.

The seminar focused on different methods of measuring such as the Microdynamics 3DQC (scope), Anicam (scope), EchoCheks, Liquid Volume, Capatch and gravure scope. Each one of these systems are used throughout the industry, however, each one measures differently and provides different results thus confusing customers.

Josh Kiser, Harper Corporation's HarperScientific Product Manager, led the session and provided detailed information on each of these measurement systems. Kiser believes this type of hands-on workshop is the most effective way to get a better understanding of the industry methods in place to measure volumes. He also believes scopes should be used for process and inventory control versus volume verification since they may differ from your anilox supplier’s volume measurement system.

This was an open forum as customers provided valuable feedback to compare their internal methods of managing their anilox inventory and gained much needed insight on how to use scopes as a tool for maintaining consistency in their process.

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From the advent of flexographic printing and Anilox Roll manufacturing, Harper Corporation of America has earned the distinction of being the first, the best, and the global leader in new anilox roll products and technologies. We offer more than our word. Every claim Harper makes about our products, services and support is backed by the best warranty in the industry.

No one in the world has manufactured ceramic anilox rolls longer than Harper Corporation. We pioneered the successful use of industrial plasma flame-spraying technology. We expanded the boundaries of print quality, performance and consistency with our laser engraving geometry and digital measurement technology. We revolutionized surface technologies including plasma ceramic, XLT™, XVR™, XDW™ and XDI™.

Each anilox and gravure roll we manufacture—whether corrugated, wide web, narrow web and newspaper flexographic—has been engineered to deliver custom results that match the job at hand and outperform the competition.